Evan MacClure

According to local folklore, Evan MacClure (????-1874) was the captain of a whaling ship Moncton in the late 1800s. He supposedly died near the Devil's Punchbowl after a mutiny onboard his ship found him set adrift at sea for weeks sometime around December 1873 or January 1874. His spirit wondered up and down the coast until it settled in the then vacant Yaquina Bay Lighthouse. He has haunted the lighthouse ever since, and is one of two spirits that are associated with the location.

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Very little is known about Evan MacClure, as the only records that exist on the man primarily relate to Yaquina Bay Lighthouse and it's associated ghost stories, thus putting into question his existance. He is described as having red hair and a beard, and loved nothing more than a good brawl, especially if the fight involved a woman.

According to the story of MacClure, he got into a fight with his first mate Bill Brewster over a Hawaiian woman named Lehui Opakahini. MacClure won the fight, but Brewster held a grudge and started a mutiny onboard the Moncton. MacClure was dragged from his put on a lifeboat and set adrift with a small number of provisions. His lifeboat eventually washed ashore near Devil's Punchbowl during a storm sometime in January of 1874, but he was washed out to sea the moment he tried to step onto land. He was never seen alive again.

Haunting of the Oregon Coast
The story of Evan MacClure continues on after his death, as his spirit supposedly caused quite a ruckus up and down the coast from January 1874 to October 1874. During that time, there were claims